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Culture
2022.07.28
Utsunomiya, who runs the dyeing and weaving studio “Utsusemi,” started a crowdfunding project on Thursday, July 7, to create a shared workshop in Higashiyoshino Village, Nara Prefecture, where visitors can stay overnight to experience handcrafts and recycling-oriented living.
In traditional Japan, people lived in harmony with nature in a wonderful cyclical way.
After the closure of his film company, which she ran for many years, Ms. Utsunomiya moved to Higashi-Yoshino Village, Nara Prefecture, to learn weaving techniques at a dyeing and weaving school and to do “one-to-one work”. She says that when she creates her works while receiving nature’s blessings and precious life, she feels that she is “a small part of this great nature,” which fills her with an indescribable sense of happiness and peace of mind.
It is an irreplaceable moment that can only be experienced by those who have experienced it. Ms. Utsunomiya thought it would be a shame to keep this feeling to herself, and decided to renovate the current workshop to provide a place to enjoy a variety of handicrafts and “clothing, food, and housing experiences” together. The workshop is a place where people can enjoy a variety of handicrafts and experience “clothing, food, and shelter.
A workshop that also offers overnight accommodations, allowing visitors to experience a lifestyle in harmony with nature.
In the field beside the workshop and in the hills behind the workshop, plants are cultivated and planted to produce yarn and dyes for herb dyeing, creating a recycling-oriented experience of “using while growing.
In addition to the yarn-making, herb-dyeing, and weaving experiences offered to date, creators from various fields living in Okuyamato will be invited to provide a place where people from inside and outside the village can interact with each other.
Higashi-Yoshino Village is a “creative village” where many creators gather. Since craftspeople, designers, and architects are working nearby, we aim to collaborate with them and create a workshop where they can share their experiences.
I want to create an overnight shared workshop in the forests of Eshinu (Yoshino), where people can experience living in harmony with nature and handiwork!
| Recruitment period: | July 7, 2022-October 10, 2022 |
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| Usage: | Share workshop production cost, accommodation cost |
| Total target: | 2.4 million yen |
| Return: | Seasonal herb dyeing workshop tickets, esinu gift certificates, kimono or obi made by yourself, kimono or obi custom-made from threads, lodging coupons, etc. |
After graduating from Hiroshima University, joined a department store in Tokyo. Engaged in developing communication media with customers. In order to deepen his knowledge in this field, she decided to study at NYU at the age of 29 and went to New York. While living between Osaka and Tokyo, he encountered Hong Kong films and started his own film company. Later, after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the issue of the Senkaku Islands, she closed his film company. In November 2017, she moved to Higashi-Yoshino Village and opened a dyeing and weaving studio, “Utsusemi”.
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